Welcome to Alford Craft Market
Good news! Our Shop and Craft Centre are now open with all safety measures in place. To start with the Shop will only be open 10 - 4 Tuesdays and Fridays but we hope to increase our opening hours in September. We look forward to seeing you all.
With regard to our Christmas Craft Markets we are hoping that these will go ahead with indoor and outdoor stalls, and will be reviewing the situation at the beginning of September. Our growing online shop is proving very popular.
On our Craft Ideas page you will find some craft ideas to make during at home days - we hope you find something interesting!
With regard to our Christmas Craft Markets we are hoping that these will go ahead with indoor and outdoor stalls, and will be reviewing the situation at the beginning of September. Our growing online shop is proving very popular.
On our Craft Ideas page you will find some craft ideas to make during at home days - we hope you find something interesting!
Local girl Hannah Burrows owner of HeederneRume, is our Artist of the Month for July at the Alford Craft Market Shop. Her drypoints and linocuts are beautiful - she spends a lot of time walking in the local countryside and along the coast, absorbing the natural world that informs her work.
She is a self-taught printmaker and lives in Bilsby with her husband and two dogs. Drypoint is a form of intaglio printmaking, made by scratching an image into a plate with a needle. Ink is applied to the plate and then wiped off, leaving ink in the scratch marks. Damp paper is then laid over the plate and it is run through a press. Linocuts are relief prints, made using linoleum block. Parts of the block are cut away, leaving an image in relief, which can then be inked and transferred onto paper. She makes small limited-edition runs of her prints, and frames them in recycled picture frames.
She is a self-taught printmaker and lives in Bilsby with her husband and two dogs. Drypoint is a form of intaglio printmaking, made by scratching an image into a plate with a needle. Ink is applied to the plate and then wiped off, leaving ink in the scratch marks. Damp paper is then laid over the plate and it is run through a press. Linocuts are relief prints, made using linoleum block. Parts of the block are cut away, leaving an image in relief, which can then be inked and transferred onto paper. She makes small limited-edition runs of her prints, and frames them in recycled picture frames.
Alford Craft Market is a not for profit organisation founded in 1974 to promote quality Lincolnshire Crafts via its Events, Shop, online shop and Crafts Classes. alfordcraftmarket@gmail.com
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We have had some canvas shopping bags made - much better than using plastic bags. The design is from our very first Alford Craft Market poster in 1974 by Countryside Arts of Swaby, near Alford - buy from us via our online shop @ £3.75 including postage and packing.
Enquiries to:
Telephone 01507 463341 (daytime only)
alfordcraftmarket@gmail.com
Telephone 01507 463341 (daytime only)
alfordcraftmarket@gmail.com
If you wish to contribute in a different way we always welcome your help.
If you would like to become a ‘Friend of Alford Craft Market’ and spend an hour or two welcoming visitors at the gate over the bank holiday weekends or doing some 'admin' we would love to hear from you. The craft market is run entirely by a small committee of volunteers and we are finding it hard to cover all the jobs between us, so if you can lend a hand with these vital tasks please contact us: alfordcraftmarket@gmail.com
If you would like to become a ‘Friend of Alford Craft Market’ and spend an hour or two welcoming visitors at the gate over the bank holiday weekends or doing some 'admin' we would love to hear from you. The craft market is run entirely by a small committee of volunteers and we are finding it hard to cover all the jobs between us, so if you can lend a hand with these vital tasks please contact us: alfordcraftmarket@gmail.com